Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls
In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Paisley yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.
By 2015, Paisley's count and its rank had both reached their peak — 5,089 births, #45 nationally — before a 21% pullback over the following ten years left it at 3,542 births and #61 by 2024, one of the milder declines in this batch.
The name's history starts in 1966, roughly the same era as Zoey's own late entry into the data.
No famous bearers show up in the enrichment data, leaving both the mid-2010s rise and the recent pullback without a single documented cultural anchor.
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Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.
| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1966 | 5 | #7,316 |
| 1967 | 5 | #7,546 |
| 1968 | 7 | #6,070 |
| 1969 | 8 | #5,829 |
| 1970 | 8 | #6,201 |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,948 |
| 1973 | 6 | #8,119 |
| 1974 | 6 | #8,404 |
| 1976 | 5 | #10,409 |
| 1977 | 10 | #6,204 |
| 1978 | 16 | #4,397 |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,791 |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,762 |
| 1982 | 8 | #7,995 |
| 1985 | 10 | #6,806 |
| 1986 | 23 | #3,729 |
| 1987 | 28 | #3,309 |
| 1988 | 34 | #3,019 |
| 1989 | 39 | #2,852 |
| 1990 | 51 | #2,426 |
| 1991 | 58 | #2,261 |
| 1992 | 81 | #1,795 |
| 1993 | 93 | #1,635 |
| 1994 | 83 | #1,766 |
| 1995 | 69 | #1,999 |
| 1996 | 56 | #2,363 |
| 1997 | 50 | #2,582 |
| 1998 | 54 | #2,558 |
| 1999 | 59 | #2,460 |
| 2000 | 89 | #1,919 |
| 2001 | 100 | #1,790 |
| 2002 | 109 | #1,692 |
| 2003 | 99 | #1,871 |
| 2004 | 183 | #1,218 |
| 2005 | 228 | #1,049 |
| 2006 | 327 | #826 |
| 2007 | 491 | #613 |
| 2008 | 700 | #450 |
| 2009 | 1,023 | #319 |
| 2010 | 1,328 | #238 |
| 2011 | 1,644 | #194 |
| 2012 | 2,923 | #104 |
| 2013 | 3,605 | #80 |
| 2014 | 4,501 | #53 |
| 2015 | 5,089 | #45 |
| 2016 | 4,882 | #46 |
| 2017 | 4,957 | #45 |
| 2018 | 4,365 | #52 |
| 2019 | 4,277 | #53 |
| 2020 | 4,377 | #49 |
| 2021 | 4,295 | #52 |
| 2022 | 4,048 | #53 |
| 2023 | 3,743 | #56 |
| 2024 | 3,542 | #61 |
